OI: A world class beer and one of the beers that sets the standard for the style. A must try at the brewery or in Germany. Didn't give it a 5 because I like one other helles just a bit more. (634 characters)

Pours a nice clear golden yellow, nice two finger head, fluffy bone white. Good carbonation bubbles rising, nice lacing. Aroma is grassy, with just a touch of spring flowers, with a nice bready malt smell in the background. The taste is grainy malt up front with a nice bitter crisp noble hop finish - very nice. The mouthfeel is crisp, light with a good carbonation bite. Overall, this is one of the best lagers you'll find out there, light, crisp, but full of flavor. (469 characters)

What an amazingly clean and refreshing beer! Awesome clarity and balance! Pours a light straw yellow that displays a spritzy carbonation. So smooth and drinkable. Taste has an incredible balance of hops and malts. Each are subtle; a slight hint of bitterness with a slightly sweet and malty finish. I also detect a lot of bready tones. Feel is so crisp; the carbonation tickles the tongue and is slightly spicy. A light beer but oh so flavorful. If I was trapped in a hot desert and I came upon an oasis, this just might be my first order. (539 characters)

Appearance (4.25) : Very fluffy and pillowy head about three fingers tall, leaving lots of generous lacing on the glass as it recedes. Body is true to style with a very crystal-like clarity and straw color.

Aroma (4.5) : Beautiful hop and malt mixture, with hay, sweetgrass, a little chard, and lemon skin. Bouquet is medium-strong. Spot on for a German Pilsner. Nails it.

Taste (4.25) : Bready, some yeast, with crushed aspirin and bready hop on the finish. The flavor profile is malty and slightly hopped. Again, spot on for the style.

Mouthfeel (4) : Lightly zippy with a carbonated creaminess that melts away in the mouth. The finish dries on the palate with a lightly hopped finish.

Overall (4.18) : You can pay $12 for a 12 pack of mediocre beer and get a mediocre experience. But wouldn't you rather pay $12 for a 6 pack of excellent beer and have a memorable one? You at least owe it to yourself to try Weihenstephaner's Original. Good Bavarian German Pilsner and hard to beat.

Sampled last night on 11/6/14.This one is in a 330ml (11.2 ounce) and seen it in a larger 500ml (16.9 ounce) bottle also. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a special limited edition 'Weihenstephaner Brazil 2014" .5Lweissber vase glass.

Pours a clear straw-golden yellow in color with a good 3-finger foamy white head that settles down to around a good 10mm after a while. A decent amount of sticky lacing is seen with each sip. The aroma is most of grassy grains.Pretty much the same for the taste with bread/yeast with a hint of lemon zest(?) in the mix. Crisp and easy to drink and goes down easy. Lighter+-medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall another great brew from the world's oldest brewery! (Started in 1040 AD). (765 characters)

On tap at Toronado's Weihenstephan Oktoberfest night, served into the brewery's mug.

A: Clear and straw-yellow, the brew yield a foamy head that never fully recedes. Ample carbonation, looks like soda.

S: Crackery malts are layered by crisp, yeasty aspects. Lemon-pepper, a little oak at the edge of the aromas. A touch of grassy straw notes accent this surprisingly vibrant bouquet.

T: Notes of sweet corn are quickly met by drying hops. The palate is clean, snappy, with suggestions of citrus and salt mid-sip. Oak and grain-husk play off a slightly sweet, almost buttery aspect. Finishes dry, fast, and smooth. Almost no lingering residuals.

M: Chewy and creamy for the style, belies expectations.

Hands-down the best example of the style...possibly the best lager, period. There are no flaws in this brew, the epitome of Reheitsgabot production. (880 characters)

Appearance: Clear, pale gold color with a big, fluffy white head that fades to a cap with chunky lacing

Aroma: Fresh grain, a touch musty, mildly herbal.

Taste: A little grainy up front, with some mild sweetness, lots of carbonation on the middle, fairly herbal, some spiciness, pretty astringent on the finish along with some lemon and a little cardboard.

I picked up a bottle of Weihenstephaner Original last week for $3.29 at The Lager Mill. I was in the mood for a good German Lager and since I've never had this one before I thought I should give it a shot, so lets see how it goes. No visible bottling date. Poured from a brown 500ml bottle into a imperial pint glass.

A- The label looks ok, it's very typical for this brewery, but it isn't that eye catching. It poured a clear pale yellow color that took on more of a golden color when held to the light and it had two fingers worth of fluffy white head that died down to a thin ring that stayed till the end and it left some patchy lacing behind. This beer looked nice and true to style.

S- The aroma starts off with a medium amount of sweetness with the malts being the first to show up and they impart a pale malt, grainy, white bread and light bread crust like aromas. Up next comes a clean lager yeast aroma followed by some grassy hops aromas. This beer had a nice aroma that was true to style.

T- The taste seems to be very similar to the aroma and it starts off with a medium amount of sweetness with the malts still being the first to show up and they impart the same aspects that they did in the aroma with no single aspect seeming to stick out the most. Up next comes some of that clean lager yeast followed by some grassy and very light flavor hops flavors. On the finish there's no bitterness with just a touch of sweetness taking it's place and it had a nice malty, grassy and slightly floral hop like aftertaste. This was a good tasting beer that had just what I expect from the style.

M- Smooth, clean, crisp, slightly prickly, on the thicker side of being light bodied with a slightly higher amount of medium carbonation. The mouthfeel was good and it worked well with this beer.

Overall I thought this was a good beer and good example of the style, it had everything that I look for in a German made Lager and there wasn't any aspects that felt out of place. This beer had good drinkability, it was smooth, clean, crisp, slightly prickly, not filling at all and the taste did a nice job of holding my attention, I could drink more than a few of these without getting tired of it. What I like the most about this beer was how true to style it was, it had everything that I expect from a good German made Lager. What I like the least about this beer is nothing, there isn't anything that I disliked or would change, it's good just the way it is. I would buy this beer again when in the mood for the style and I would recommend it to anybody that enjoys a good Lager. All in all I was happy with this beer,it was just a well crafted lager and I enjoyed it. This is up there as one of the better beers I've had from this brewery and I think it's now my favorite German made Lager. Good job guys, this was one good Lager, Keep up the hard work. (2,884 characters)

A: pours a clear straw yellow with a half inch of dense white had that is slow to fade and leaves good lacingS: smells of clean maltyness and some slightly spicy hop aromaT: taste is pale malts and some grassy hop flavor. swallow is more maltyness, some graininess with a little more grassy hops M: this beer is on the lighter side of things with slightly prickly carbonation and a somewhat dry finishO: This brewery consistently puts out world class beer and their Original is no exception. (504 characters)

O: what I presume to be exemplary of the style, rounded off by my lack of familiarity thereof, presents as an easy-drinkin' beer, session-able and light, with a stable of core flavor elements (558 characters)

A: Pours a crystal clear pale yellow in color with a moderate to heavy amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass. The beer has a two finger tall foamy white head that reduces to a small patch of very thin film and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of pale and sweet malts with a light to moderate amount of initial sweetness. There is a light to moderate flavor of spicy + floral + grassy hops which imparts a light amount of bitterness which fades pretty quickly.

Poured from a half-liter (17 ounce) Euro-brown bottle into a shaker pint. I go fairly aggressive on the pour and get a short-lived, yet chunky and creamy looking head. The beer is a pale or extra-pale golden with high carbonation.

My poor nose gets a faint grassy aroma along with a little DMS. The flavor is lightly malty and quite grainy with just enough hop bitterness to balance. The hops lend a grassy and slightly herbal character. The malt flavors are somewhat reminiscent of Malt-O-Meal cereal, and very creamy and delicious overall. There are no in-your-face flavors and it is very easy to drink. The mouth feel is creamy and full and actually stick a little to the back of the mouth. The finish is crisp and tingly with just a touch of fading bitterness.

This everything one could ask for in a lager beer and I give it high marks. I think I paid only about 4-something for the half liter, which ain't too bad considering it came halfway around the world from here. It's good to see more variety in my town (Butte, Montana, purchased at the Hennessey). (1,063 characters)

I expected this to be just a bit behind the favorites of this brewery: Korbinian, Vitus, Hefe, Kristal, etc. But I believe this beer more than holds its own. Very crisp and refreshing. Perfect for a hot summer day. Does all the things that a German lager does, with plenty of malt and biscuity tastes. I'd be satisfied to reach for this whenever I see it. (355 characters)

A - Pours a really nice light gold color with a brilliant white head that sees some decent retention. Nice tiny bubbles rising up through the glass.

S - Smells grassy, bready and a little skunky in that Heineken/euro lager sort of way.

T - honestly this beer shares a lot of the same flavor characteristics as a Miller Lite or any number of AALs. Granted, this one probably predates the others by a couple centuries and comes with a stiffer noble hop profile. Otherwise, it's solid I guess, but somewhat indistinct. There's some honey malt going on and a slightly spicy finish from the hops. But it lacks something that makes some American pilsners like Summerfest and Scrimshaw a little more interesting. Ok, now the beer is warming and some nice mineralic nuances have emerged. That's a little better.

M - doesn't have that 'snap' that I look for in a good pilsner. There is some crisp effervescence, but it doesn't dry out like I'd want. Instead a slick sweetness lingers.

All that said, it's not a bad beer, just not one of the best of the style. I prefer Weihenstephan's Oktoberfest, if we're talking pale lagers. (1,123 characters)

Pours a clear deep gold with a somewhat foamy white head. The head has moderate retention and leaves some light lacing. The aroma is reminiscent of fresh bread and some nice earthy hops. The taste closely matches the aroma and is just as enjoyable. There is a nice weight to the body a pleasant crispness on the finish. This is a great lager. (342 characters)